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Matt Rowland Hill: ‘My mother says she will sue me if I ever write another book like it’

The author of Original Sins on his book’s impact on his evangelical parents, reading the Patrick Melrose series while waiting for drug dealers, and how looking middle class saved him from arrest

The Guardian - UK · Apr 29, 2023

Taking the knees in Jerusalem

My mother’s contribution to perhaps the most overlooked British folk art of the past 90 years: the canvas-work church kneeler

The Guardian - UK · Apr 29, 2023

Tim Minchin says editing texts is a ‘slippery slope problem’ in wake of Roald Dahl debate

Musician composed the stage adaptation of ‘Matilda’, originally based on Roald Dahl’s children’s book

The Independent UK · Apr 29, 2023

Notorious 'Bible John' serial killer responsible for another victim, it's been claimed

The notorious serial killed - dubbed 'Bible John' - was held responsible for the deaths of three women in Glasgow in the late 1960s - but now its believed there is a fourth victim

Daily Mirror · Apr 29, 2023

Celebrity deaths in 2023: All the stars we've lost so far this year

We've lost some of our most loved famous faces in 2023

Liverpool Echo · Apr 29, 2023

Partner wanted over pregnant teacher's death had twisted Lord of the Rings fantasy

David Yates, 36, had nicknamed his partner Marelle Sturrock, 35, his 'Luthien' - a Lord of the Rings character who, chillingly, was involved in a doomed double death

Daily Mirror · Apr 29, 2023

Suede’s Mat Osman: ‘The biggest difference between Richard and me is that he has no interest in being cool’

The bassist and author talks about artistic ambition, sibling dynamics - and how being on tour inspired his riotous new novel, The Ghost Theatre

The Guardian - UK · Apr 29, 2023

Bristol pub with centuries-old beer recipes that rejects the digital age

The famous King Street pub emulates the 18th century in more ways than some

Bristol Post · Apr 29, 2023

KK Shailaja's autobiography launched by Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan in New Delhi

Indian politician and former Health Minister of Kerala, KK Shailaja's autobiography 'My Life As A Comrade' was launched by Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and CPI(M) Polit Bureau member Brinda Karat at an event in New Delhi on April 28, 2023. The book was released in a jam-packed hall in…

The Times of India · Apr 29, 2023

Tim Minchin says editing Roald Dahl’s books ‘a slippery slope’

Comedian behind Matilda musical says texts would need to be repeatedly updated to keep up with modern sensibilities

The Guardian - UK · Apr 29, 2023